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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 614,748, dated November22, 1898.

Application filed May l2; 1898.

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM OsTENDoRFF, of the town of Union, in thecounty of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented new andusefullmprovementsin Curtain-Poles, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The invention relates particularly to devices for fastening curtains tocurtain-poles.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and economicalcurtain-fastener capable of being made from a single piece of springwireor like material and which when applied to a pole will securely clamp acurtain thereto without in the least damaging the curtain, even shouldthe curtain be of delicate con-A struction.

Another obj ect of the invention is to so construct a curtain-fastenerthat rings or their equivalent pendent objects usually employed will bedispensed with, and, furthermore, to provide a fastening that may beapplied to a pole in such manner that it will be entirely hidden whenthe curtain is up and but a small portion of the device will be visiblewhen the curtain is down.

I will describe a curtain-pole embodying my invention and then point outthe novel features in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a curtainpole having the improvementapplied. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of aportion of the curtainpole and arear elevation of the fastener applied thereto, and Fig. 3 is a verticalsection taken substantially on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The device is practically a clasp made from a single piece of Wire bentupon itself to form a skeleton body A, hinge members B, and a handle O.The body A consists of a front bar 10, rearwardly-converging side bars11, and arms 12, that extend rearward from the side bars. The entirebody is so shaped that its forward face will conform to the surfacecontour of the rear face of the pole D, to which the device is to beapplied.

In the drawings the pole is shown as circular in cross-section.Therefore the front face of the body is concave. The handle O is carrieddownward and forward from the front bar of the body A, the members ofthe handle Serial No. 680,510. (No model.)

being designated as 13 and 14, and are best shown in Fig. 3. The hingesB are preferably constructed by forming coils 15 at the rear ends of thearms 12, the said coils being made to terminate in a pin 16, and thepins are adapted to be driven into the pole, and staples may beemployed, if desired, to hold the pins in place. The fastener ispreferably placed at the back of the pole, and when the pole is viewedfrom the front only the front bar of the body and the handle will bevisible, and, in fact, the fastener maybe so applied to the pole thatonly the handle will appear at the front of the pole. A projection 17which may be in theform of a staple, is driven into the pole at theback, and the said projection eX- tends through the central portion ofthe body A of the fastener, as shown in both Figs. 2 and 3.

In the operation of the device the body A is forced rearward through themedium of the handle C and the curtain is carried up between thecurtain-pole and the body of the fastener as far as possible indirection of the spring hinges B. The body of the fastener is thenreleased, whereupon the said body will clamp the upper portion of thecurtain firmly to the back of the pole, the projection 17 serving toprevent the curtain from being disconnected fromthe pole when violentlydrawn downward,and the curtain will tear before being released from thepole.

It is evident that the upper edge of the curtain may be made to engagewith the pole in such manner that there will be no space bei tween theupper edge of the curtain and the pole, or that the curtain may befestooned or plaited, as fancy may dictate.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters PatentM Y The combination with a curtain-pole, of a fasteningdevice for curtains, consisting of a skeleton body conforming to aportion of the outer contour of the pole, the body having a spring-hingeconnecting it with the pole, and a projection upon the pole, arranged toextend through the said body, as and for the purpose specified.

TWILLIAM OSTEND ORFF.

Witnesses:

JOHN WEBER, Louis C. I-IAUENSTEIN, Jr.

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